Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases

Louis Weinstein Lecture

The Louis Weinstein Lecture, established in 1977 by Tufts University School of Medicine, honors one of Tufts Medical Center's great teachers and the first Chief of Infectious Diseases at the hospital, Louis Weinstein, M.D., Ph.D.

The purpose of the lecture is to encourage interest in and understanding of the basic biological mechanisms of host-parasite relationships and the molecular basis of infectious diseases.